The school board’s decision to hire six new instructional coaches in the spring at a cost of $220,000 hasn’t necessarily been welcome news for teachers in the district, according to Board Member DeLane Pinkston.
“They resent the term ‘instructional coaches,’” Pinkston said during the school board’s Nov. 12 meeting. “Some are taking it that they can’t do their job. I would hope the principals would tell them that is not the intent.”

The Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission had a busy week, holding two meetings and appointing two new commissioners.
Technically, the commission didn’t meet on Nov. 11. Since only three commissioners — Chairman Brad Lanham, Carlotta Brussell and David Winebrenner — were present, the commission did not have a quorum.

The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team lost to Michigan State on Nov. 12, but Wildcat fans Jerry Fowler and his son William will remember this particular game for a very different reason than what happened on the court.

On the way to the game, they picked up two other UK fans that had become stranded.

Russell McCauley, 46, of 1255 St. Francis Raywick Road Trailer No. 3 in St. Francis was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Marion Circuit Court recently after his probation was revoked on charges of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and first-degree persistent felony offender.

Thursday, Bailey Basham was sitting up, smiling and laughing at the television, and rolling around on the floor. This might seem perfectly normal for any 2-year-old, but for Bailey, it’s a sign of how far he’s come.
Bailey was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta, which is also known as brittle bone disease. Because of that, broken bones have been a common part of Bailey’s life.